doru

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word doru. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word doru, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say doru in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word doru you have here. The definition of the word doru will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofdoru, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Doru, dorú, and dōru

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru).

Noun

doru (plural dorus)

  1. Alternative form of dory (spear)

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

doru

  1. Rōmaji transcription of どる
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ドル

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

dōru

  1. nominative/accusative plural of dōr

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طوری (doru, dorı),[1][2] from Proto-Turkic *tōrug (bay).[3][4] Cognate with Turkmen dor, Old Turkic 𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰍 (toruɣ), Karakhanid تُرُغْ (toruɣ), Uyghur تورۇق (toruq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doˈru/
  • Hyphenation: do‧ru

Adjective

doru

  1. (of a horse) reddish-brown, bay

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طوری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1255
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طوری”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 816
  3. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “toruğ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 538
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “doru”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading